Encourage Men To Pray Ministries, Inc., PO Box 291, Goose Creek, SC 29445

ALMIGHTY, OMNIPOTENT, AND LOVING GOD I PRAY THAT YOU

WILL GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO FACE MY ADVERSARIES AND

THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT THE BATTLE WHICH LIES AHEAD.

I ASK YOU TO SUPERINTEND OVER THESE COMING EVENTS AND

BY YOUR GRACE ENABLE ME TO, SOMEHOW, REPRESENT YOU

WELL IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE. I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU,

ELOHIM, WATCH OVER AND COMFORT MY FAMILY, WHOM YOU

HAVE GIVEN ME, WHILE THIS BATTLE RAGES.

GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISSAC, AND JACOB I ASK THAT YOU ENABLE

ME TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER THESE EVIL FORCES WHICH

OPPOSE ME AND THE THINGS OF GOD AND THAT IN YOUR PLAN

AND PURPOSE I COULD BE AN INSTRUMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

AND A MINISTER OF YOUR JUSTICE. IF, IN YOUR PLAN PRECIOUS

FATHER, I AM TO BE CONSUMED IN THE FIGHT, I PRAY THAT

THE SACRIFICE WOULD BE HONORABLE AND WORTHY OF

YOUR NAME. IF I AM TO PREVAIL HOLY FATHER, I PRAY THAT,

SOMEHOW, IT WOULD BRING GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU AND

THAT THE CELEBRATION OF VICTORY WOULD, IN EVERY WAY,

BE PLEASING TO YOU.

AND WHEN YOU, FATHER GOD, HAVE SECURED THE VICTORY

AND I CAN SCABBARD MY SWORD ONCE AGAIN, I PRAY THAT I

WILL REJOICE IN YOU WHO NURTURES AND BLESSES THE

WHOLE EARTH. FOR ALL OF THE EARTH IS YOURS IN ALL OF

IT’S FULLNESS AND ALL WE TO WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN LIFE.

AND I PRAY AGAIN, THAT IN VICTORY, I WILL BE HUMBLE

BEFORE YOU AND WILL BE THANKFUL FOR THE PEACE WHICH

YOU HAVE BROUGHT BY CHRIST JESUS. I SHALL REJOICE FOR

THE FOOD, THE WATER, AND THE AIR-ALL OF WHICH YOUR

CREATION PROVIDES TO SUSTAIN ME-AND FOR THE LOVE OF

ALL THOSE YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR ME TO ALSO LOVE.

IN TIME OF PEACE DEAR FATHER I PRAY THAT, IN YOUR

MERCY, YOU WOULD KEEP ME FROM GROWING SOFT AND

COWARDLY AND MY SWORD ALWAYS BE HUNG IN A

PROMINENT PLACE AND CAREFULLY KEPT—READY FOR WAR!

Used with permission by Cdr. Barney Barnes, USN Retired